Considers changes in women's roles and social conditions since 1957. Compares three viewpoints: (1) there has been significant, positive change for women; (2) there has been little lasting change; and (3) there has been change, but it has not been good. (SK)

Reviews literacy and challenges in women's education during Poland's social transformation, women's participation in the transition, the role of women's organizations in encouraging workforce participation, and educational activities of women's organizations. (SK)

Notes that during the first decade of the century, Chinese women began their fight for emancipation with the help of a few male reformists and the first women journalists. (FL)

A profound transformation has come over many members of the class of 1955 at Smith College. Here a number of those graduates discuss their reaction to raising a family and letting their talents lie dormant as well as to feminism and the change in the social concept of women's roles. (RK)

Ten female emigrants who have spent at least their entire childhood and adolescence in Communist China and eight Hong Kong Chinese who recently visited their relatives on the mainland were informally interviewed over a period of time. The composite picture that emerged suggests that women in China today have made significant progress toward…

The introduction of cash cropping in the Solomon Islands and Tonga has had negative effects on women, leading to deterioration in their status, decreased leisure time, fewer opportunities to earn cash, increased birth rate (to help with the increased workload), and more sharply defined sex roles. (SV)

Women in the Soviet Union are guaranteed equal rights and opportunities and participate fully in the Soviet economy. Despite their achievements, Soviet women still have difficulties in entering and achieving high-level positions in traditionally male fields and in getting men to do their share of household work. (IS)

The struggle for an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the American Constitution is one of the most controversial issues of this era. Discusses the changing role of women amidst a fast-changing society, the styles of those opposing the women's revolution, the debate over women as persons, women in dual roles, and the implications of ERA for the world…

The research literature supporting the thesis that as awareness of social changes increases, the sex-linked differences in socialization will diminish with the corresponding result being that sex differences in behavior will also diminish, is examined in this paper. (Author/AM)

The biggest social change seen during the 1960s and 1970s has been the increase in working mothers. This is not necessarily a threat to family unity, but requires a changed view of the family. Suggestions are a national day care policy, equal pay for women, and more equitable welfare programs. available from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota…

Considers the rise of the working woman, especially since the passage of the 1972 Education Act, which required affirmative action in the hiring of women. Outlines the roles of men and women as educators, how women's role is changing in society, and how social attitudes are changing in response to the women's movement. (RK)

Examines the connections between the experience of social history and personality development. Outlines a model that demonstrates how the impact of social events is mediated by life stage. Interprets longitudinal data collected over the past 40 years on women's work and family lives in terms of the model. (FMW)

This paper develops a theoretical framework for examining how families interact with the society under conditions in which the expectations for sex roles are changing. The difference between mandated and voluntary change is examined and the cost-benefit ratio to families for participating in the process of change is evaluated in different…

From analysis of this case study of woman's role in Indonesia over the last three generations, the author concludes that significant liberalization has occurred in the areas of education, employment, and civil rights for women. (DB)

In the last decade, a number of variant family forms have arisen. One contention is that these experiments are a sign of strain in the traditional nuclear family and an indication of changes it must undergo in order to adapt to contemporary society. (Author/WI)